2021 Gibraltar Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–7 March 2021 |
| Venue | Marshall Arena |
| City | Milton Keynes |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £251,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Jamie Jones (WAL) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
| Score | 4–0 |
← 2020 2022 → | |
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The 2021 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 7 March 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season, and the sixth and final event in the BetVictor European Series. The event was the sixth instalment of the Gibraltar Open tournament, first held in 2015. It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by BetVictor. The defending champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Kyren Wilson 4–3 in the 2020 final. Trump retained his title, defeating Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the final and losing just three of the 31 frames he played in the tournament overall.[1][2] It was Trump's fifth ranking title of the season and the 22nd of his professional career. In addition to the winner's prize of £50,000, Trump secured the £150,000 European Series bonus, awarded to the player who wins the most prize money across the series, for a second consecutive season.[3] The event featured the return to the professional tour of seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry, who retired in 2012, but accepted a two-year invitational tour card to begin in the 2020–21 season.[4] Matthew Selt beat Hendry 4–1 in the first round of the tournament.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of the tournament's prize money is shown below:[6][7]
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £20,000
- Semi-final: £6,000
- Quarter-final: £5,000
- Last 16: £4,000
- Last 32: £3,000
- Last 64: £2,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £251,000
Tournament draw
Below is the full draw for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.[8]
Top half
Section 1
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Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
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Section 6
Section 7
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Section 8
Finals
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||
| England Judd Trump (1) | 4 | |||||||||
| Northern Ireland Mark Allen (9) | 0 | |||||||||
| England Judd Trump (1) | 4 | |||||||||
| England Matthew Selt | 1 | |||||||||
| England Matthew Selt | 4 | |||||||||
| England Chris Wakelin | 0 | |||||||||
| England Judd Trump (1) | 4 | |||||||||
| England Jack Lisowski (10) | 0 | |||||||||
| England Stuart Carrington | 4 | |||||||||
| China Xiao Guodong | 1 | |||||||||
| England Stuart Carrington | 3 | |||||||||
| England Jack Lisowski (10) | 4 | |||||||||
| England Jack Lisowski (10) | 4 | |||||||||
| China Lu Ning | 3 | |||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, 7 March 2021 | ||
| Judd Trump (1) File:Flag of England.svg England |
4–0 | Jack Lisowski (10) File:Flag of England.svg England |
| Frames: 72–18, 106–0 (106), 73–46, 94–0 | ||
| 106 | Highest break | 31 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
A total of 80 century breaks were made during the tournament.[9]
- 145, 103 – Jamie Jones
- 142, 137, 130, 124 – Mark Selby
- 140, 113 – Shaun Murphy
- 140 – Scott Donaldson
- 138 – Riley Parsons
- 137, 126, 103 – Jack Lisowski
- 137 – Chris Wakelin
- 134, 114 – Jamie Clarke
- 132, 115 – Fraser Patrick
- 132, 105 – Chen Zifan
- 131, 128, 126, 124, 124, 106, 104, 101 – Judd Trump
- 130, 129, 103 – Barry Hawkins
- 127, 115, 107 – Stuart Carrington
- 126 – Mark Allen
- 125 – Mitchell Mann
- 124, 107 – David Gilbert
- 124 – Luo Honghao
- 123, 102 – Soheil Vahedi
- 121, 115, 113, 109, 101 – Xiao Guodong
- 119, 102 – Matthew Selt
- 119 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 118 – Anthony McGill
- 116 – Ashley Hugill
- 116 – Elliot Slessor
- 115, 109, 105 – Kyren Wilson
- 113 – Anthony Hamilton
- 112, 100 – Luca Brecel
- 109, 106 – Liam Highfield
- 108 – Ricky Walden
- 107, 105, 100 – Ali Carter
- 107 – Stephen Hendry
- 107 – Lu Ning
- 106, 102 – Liang Wenbo
- 105 – Hossein Vafaei
- 104 – Tom Ford
- 104 – Pang Junxu
- 103 – Oliver Lines
- 103 – Mark Williams
- 102 – Billy Castle
- 101, 101 – Jamie O'Neill
- 101 – Chang Bingyu
- 101 – Si Jiahui
- 100 – Martin Gould
- 100 – Sunny Akani
References
- ↑ "Gibraltar Open 2021 - Judd Trump defends title with completely dominant win over Jack Lisowski". Eurosport UK. 2021-03-07. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ↑ "Impressive Trump retains Gibraltar Open". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ↑ "Selby Loss Hands Trump Series Bonus". World Snooker. 2021-03-05. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ↑ "I've entered Gibraltar open". Twitter. Stephen Hendry. 17 February 2021. Archived from the original on 16 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "Hendry loses comeback match to Selt". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ↑ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open 2021 | Draw | Tournament Prize Money". World Snooker Tour. 25 February 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open 2021 | Draw". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.